Humming Top

16192

From: Maldives

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Bambare
Object Number 16192
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Maldives
Date Made 19th Century - 1893
Section Asian
Materials Wood | String
Technique Painted
Description

Bambare. Humming top. Also string wrapped around a piece of wood. Curved, painted cylindrical block on a stick. Another stick with string attached.

Credit Line Purchased from the Ceylon Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

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